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WORLD, Page 38World NotesNEW ZEALANDA Fretful Farewell
The Prime Minister's quandary was the stuff of high political
drama: Would David Lange swallow his pride and give a Cabinet
portfolio to his onetime friend turned archrival Roger Douglas, as
his ruling Labour Party demanded? Lange's answer last week stunned
the nation. "I intend to step down," said Lange, who cited his
health as the reason for his resignation. But most political
observers believe Lange quit rather than work with a man he had
forced out of the Cabinet only last December for pushing economic
reforms too far. Ironically, both will serve in the government of
the new Prime Minister, Geoffrey Palmer, where Lange has accepted
the post of Attorney General.
Lange will be best remembered in the U.S. for his government's
decision to ban nuclear-armed or -powered ships from New Zealand's
harbors, a move that caused a major rift with Washington and led
to the suspension of New Zealand from the ANZUS alliance. That
rupture seems unlikely to close soon. Palmer said he plans no
changes in domestic or international policy.